@bethowriter

Carnegie Medal for Writing, Shadowers’ Choice Award & UKLA Book Award Winner 2026 | Wolf Siren & Feather Vane OUT NOW! 🐺🪶 | Founder of @DisabledTales |

 Birmingham, England
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Joined December 2012
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WILL THIS EVER SINK IN?! I DON’T THINK SO!!! Thank you to all the @CarnegieMedals judges and shadowers! I’ll never be able to explain how grateful I am! ❤️ 🐺
The Carnegies@CarnegieMedalsJun 23
🎉Wolf Siren scores a double win, taking both the 2026 Carnegie Medal and the Shadower's Choice Medal for Writing! Congratulations to Beth O' Brien and @HarperCollinsUK! #Carnegies2026
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Disabled Tales@DisabledTalesSep 30
HERE WE GO!!! This project has been a JOY and I cannot wait to share this folktale collection with you all!!! Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folk Tales - out Feb 2027 with the wonderful @THP_Folklore! 🩵
Beth O'Brien@bethowriterSep 29
COVER REVEAL!!!! My new book, CURES & CURSES, brings together 28 traditional folk tales from around the world that show disability has always been a part of our story! Thank you to @THP_Folklore & Ele Marr for the perfect cover! 🩵 Out Feb 2027! Pre-order link below👇
Cover of Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folktales by Beth O'Brien and illustrated by Ele Marr. The edge of the cover holds numerous illustrations, including a pile of eye balls, a woman with no hands, a crutch, wooden leg, and a flying ship!

ALT Cover of Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folktales by Beth O'Brien and illustrated by Ele Marr. The edge of the cover holds numerous illustrations, including a pile of eye balls, a woman with no hands, a crutch, wooden leg, and a flying ship!

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COVER REVEAL!!!! My new book, CURES & CURSES, brings together 28 traditional folk tales from around the world that show disability has always been a part of our story! Thank you to @THP_Folklore & Ele Marr for the perfect cover! 🩵 Out Feb 2027! Pre-order link below👇
Cover of Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folktales by Beth O'Brien and illustrated by Ele Marr. The edge of the cover holds numerous illustrations, including a pile of eye balls, a woman with no hands, a crutch, wooden leg, and a flying ship!

ALT Cover of Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folktales by Beth O'Brien and illustrated by Ele Marr. The edge of the cover holds numerous illustrations, including a pile of eye balls, a woman with no hands, a crutch, wooden leg, and a flying ship!

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Pre-order Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folk Tales here: lnk.to/CuresandCursesIN

Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folk Tales

Go to Cures and Curses: Disability in Folklore and Folk Tales.

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Out for dinner with my parents and the waitress asked if I was out celebrating my GCSE results 😭
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Jacqui Sydney 📕@jacquiS21Aug 5
A glorious read, with its roots in Welsh folklore, Feather Vane by @bethowriter is full of magic and mystery and features authentic disability representation, making this a middle grade I highly recommend. Out now from @HarperCollinsCh worldssmallestlibrary.wordpr…

Feather Vane by Beth O’Brien

Cover illustration © Ayesha L. Rubio 2026 The older I get, the more pleasure I take in other people’s successes and one that has delighted me recently is the love shown for Beth O’Brien…

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'Beth O'Brien answers our burning questions...' @DailyMail And I hope I've extinguished them with this dowse of honesty, solemnity and... exclamation marks! dailymail.com/home/books/art…

Beth O'Brien answers our burning questions...

Beth O'Brien won the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026

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Listen to a preview of the Carnegie Medal Winning Wolf Siren audiobook 🎧 Niamh Longford beautifully narrates Beth O'Brien's powerful fairytale retelling of Little Red Riding Hood ❤️🐺 The full audiobook is available now, so you can keep listening…🎧 #wolfsiren
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Thank you so SO much @The_UKLA!!! 🤩
UKLA@The_UKLAJul 3
The winner of this year's UKLA Book Award in the 11-14+ Category is... Wolf Siren - Written by Beth O'Brien #kidslit #bookawards #nationalyearofreading #goallin2026 #ukla26
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UKLA@The_UKLAJul 3
Your 2026 UKLA Book Award Winners and Shadowers' Choice Winners are here! Which is your favourite? Read the press release to find out more about the titles and awards process here: buff.ly/T23BX9w
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I think I’m having the BEST dream ever!!!! 🤩😍❤️👇
HarperCollins Children's Books@HarperCollinsChJul 4
Huge congratulations to Beth O’Brien, author of Wolf Siren, which won the 11-14+ category at the UKLA book awards last night – we’re so proud!
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Huge congratulations to Beth O’Brien, author of Wolf Siren, which won the 11-14+ category at the UKLA book awards last night – we’re so proud!
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SPSLibrary@LibrarySpsJun 30
Our #BookoftheWeek is the WINNER of the @CarnegieMedals 2026! It's 'Wolf Siren' by @bethowriter a fabulous new take on the Little Red Riding Hood story. #SPSreads @Go_All_In_2026
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An entrancing, reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, Beth O'Brien's brilliant debut & winner of the @CarnegieMedals for writing, spins the story of a girl drawn to the woods where her grandmother disappeared & where wolves have recently been spotted: waterstones.com/book/wolf-si…
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The brilliant @bethowriter tells us what she wants readers to take away from her magical and bold fairytale retelling, Wolf Siren, WINNER of the Carnegie Medal AND Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Writing 🐺❤️
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Huge congratulations to Beth O’Brien who has won both the Carnegie Medal AND Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Writing with #WolfSiren – we’re so proud! #Carnegies2026 @CarnegieMedals @CILIPinfo
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The Carnegies@CarnegieMedalsJun 24
📚 The 2026 Carnegie Medal and Shadowers’ Choice for Writing winner is available on @sorareadingapp! Wolf Siren by Beth O'Brien is featured as part of Sora Reads from today until 8 July. Borrow the award-winning title for free! company.overdrive.com/carneg…
Digital book club promotion for 'Wolf Siren,' the 2026 Carnegie Medal winner, available on Sora from June 24 to July 8.

ALT Digital book club promotion for 'Wolf Siren,' the 2026 Carnegie Medal winner, available on Sora from June 24 to July 8.

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“It just struck me one day how objectively bizarre it is that Little Red Riding Hood doesn’t notice her grandmother has been replaced by a wolf" Read our spotlight on Beth O'Brien's Wolf Siren, which has scored a @CarnegieMedals double 👇 #Carnegies2026 ebx.sh/bzTVUo

Carnegie Medal for Writing and Shadowers' Choice Award winner 2026: Beth O'Brien

Wolf Siren, a debut Little Red Riding Hood retelling, has scored a Carnegies double.

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Calibre Audio@CalibreAudioJun 23
This is a HUGE moment both for our wonderful volunteer Beth and for accessibility-first writing. So very proud. Go Beth!🥇
The Carnegies@CarnegieMedalsJun 23
🎉Wolf Siren scores a double win, taking both the 2026 Carnegie Medal and the Shadower's Choice Medal for Writing! Congratulations to Beth O' Brien and @HarperCollinsUK! #Carnegies2026
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